Der Linken-Bundestagsabgeordnete Ferat Koçak sitzt in der Berliner Parteizentrale und bereitet sich auf ein Interview mit der ZEIT vor, um über seine Chats mit Firas Rammo aus einer arabischen Großfamilie in Berlin zu sprechen, die seit Tagen öffentlich diskutiert werden.
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Ferat Koçak, Bundestagsabgeordneter der Linken, steht im Vorwurf, über Chats mit Firas Rammo, einem Mitglied einer arabischen Großfamilie in Berlin, in Verbindung gebracht zu werden. Die Chats werden seit Tagen öffentlich diskutiert.
Es gibt zwei Möglichkeiten, wie man die Geschichte von Ferat Koçak und der Familie Rammo verstehen kann. In der einen ist der Bundestagsabgeordnete Koçak ziemlich naiv – und in der anderen: lügt er.
Am Montag sitzt Koçak in einem Büro in der Parteizentrale der Linken in Berlin. Vor ihm steht sein Laptop, ein paar Blätter mit Notizen und die Ausdrucke der Chats, über die das halbe Land seit Tagen diskutiert. Darin hat er sich mit Firas Rammo ausgetauscht, dem Mitglied einer arabischen Großfamilie in Berlin. Das folgende Gespräch soll seine Verteidigung werden, er will »Transparenz« herstellen, wie er sagt, und mit der ZEIT über die Vorwürfe gegen ihn sprechen.
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Koçak wird im ZEIT-Interview versuchen, Transparenz herzustellen und die Vorwürfe zu entkräften.
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